Merry Christmas Ornament Card | Hero Arts

Hello, my sweet crafty friends.

Today I am sharing this beautiful Merry Christmas Ornament Card featuring a few sets from the Hero Arts Awesome Add-Ons that are still available. If you love heat embossing and a simple design this one is perfect for you.

I began by preparing the Pitch Black Cardstock panel by using an anti-static powder duster. I then stamped out the top and bottom using the first layer of the Color Layering Merry Christmas stamp set with Unicorn Pigment Ink. I then used white embossing powder to heat set the first layer. I repeated the previous step twice to get a good white embossed layer for the next step. Next, line up the top detail layer of the stamps, this time inked the stamp with Versamark ink and then heat set it using gold embossing powder.

Cut out the ornament using the Nesting Circle Infinity Dies. Stamp, heat emboss the top of the ornament, and fussy cut it out. Glue it to the top of the die-cut circle "ornament". Pierce a hole through the top to add the gold thread through later.

Stamp out the background panel using Versamark ink, and heat set it using gold embossing powder. Trim the panel. Attach it to another black panel to create a shadow and to tie the colors together. Now pop the ornament in the center of the panels using foam tape. Secure the gold thread behind the panels. Use foam tape to adhere the embossed panel to a gold piece of Glitter Paper Holiday Sparkle cardstock cut to A2 size and then attach it to the card base.

Finish off the card by adding a few gold pearls and a bow to the top of the ornament as a finishing touch. 

I hope you got some inspiration for your Holiday cards today. Thank you for stopping by and until next time... Happy Crafting!

Ilda 😊

SUPPLIES

Color Layering Merry Christmas Shop at: HA	Candy Canes Bold Prints Shop at: HA	Nesting Circle Infinity Dies Shop at: HA	Pitch Black Cardstock Shop at: HA	Glitter Paper Holiday Sparkle Shop at: HA
Unicorn Pigment Ink Shop at: SSS | HA	Precision Glue Shop at: HA	Neenah Solar White 110lbs Shop at: SSS | AMZ | HBS	Magic Powder Bag Shop at: AMZ	New Mini Misti Shop at: SSS | SB
Gemini Jr. Die-Cutter Shop at: SSS | SB	GUILLOTINE PAPER TRIMMER Shop at: SSS | AMZ | SB	GOLD RUSH EMB. PWD. Shop at: SSS | IO3	Arctic White Emb.Pwd. Shop at: SSS | IO3	GOLD FOIL PEARLS Shop at: SSS | SK

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3D Christmas Tree Flat Shaker Card | Honey Bee Stamps

Hello, my friends!

Today's 3D Christmas Christmas Tree Shaker card is part of the Honey Bee Stamps Vintage Holiday Release Instagram Hop. I hope you can join us →there and leave a comment to qualify for two $25 Gift Cards to their shop.

This card is a bit of an oxymoron. It has 3D elements along with a flat shaker window, but the trees do fold flat to fit in an envelope. I will also share a Reel on Instagram where I show you what that looks like later today.

CARD RECIPE

• Dry emboss the snowflake design using the Pierced Fancy Flakes Cover Plate onto a card panel using white cardstock.
• Trim off the edges of the panel. (This isn't necessary but I wanted to create a smaller frame to glue to the card front).
• Build your shaker pocket. 
• Cut plastic/acetate slightly larger than the panel. 
• Cut off corners.
• Fold sides flaps down and adhere in behind with double-sided tape, leaving one side open.  
• Pour in shaker bits I used Blizzard Confetti Mix (Glitter, flat sequins, or confetti work best to keep down the bulk and they slide around better with limited space).
• Adhere the remaining flap down to close the shaker pocket.
• Add the shaker pocket to the front panel of the card base. I used foam tape, but not necessary if you want to make it flat.
• Use either scrap plastic from packaging, acetate, or a premade shaker pocket. I used packaging plastic this time. If you want to see how I created the first-ever frameless/edge to edge/infinity/flat shaker card watch this video I made a few years ago→ HERE.

• Cut four layers for each tree using the Pine Tree Dies (Largest and smallest were used here).
• Used a scoring board and score each tree down the middle. 
• Fold each tree.
• Add a line of liquid adhesive down the middle score line of each layer. Glue scored edge of the next tree down. Repeat until the last tree is glued to the top. Allow them to dry completely before fluffing.
• Add gems or embellish as desired.

• Die-cut the Merry Christmas greeting from Bitty Buzzwords: Holidays Dies I glued four layers together to give it that chipboard thickness and look.
• Finish off by gluing the elements to the card front.

I hope you were inspired by this 3D Christmas Tree Flat Shaker Card. I had so much fun making it. This technique will work with many other die cuts to create the 3D effect. I hope you give it a try!

Here's a quick video to show you how this came together.

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Thank you for stopping by and until next time... Happy Crafting!

Ilda😊

SUPPLIES

Pine Trees Dies Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS	Pierced Fancy Flakes Cover Plate Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS	Bitty Buzzwords: Holidays Dies Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS	Bee Creative Glue Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS
Vintage Holiday Gem Stickers Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS	BLIZZARD CONFETTI MIX Shop at: HBS	Gingham Galore: Holiday Envelopes Shop at: HBS	Neenah Solar White 110lbs Shop at: SSS | AMZ | HBS
GEMINI JR. DIE CUTTER Shop at: SSS | SB	Scor-Pal MINI SCOR-BUDDY Shop at: SSS | HBS	Gold Hearted Paper Pad Shop at: TS US | TS UK	FOAM TAPE Shop at: SSS | SK

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Vintage Holiday Release Day 4 Sneak Peeks | Honey Bee Stamps

Hello friends!

We have made it to the last day of sneak Peeks for Honey Bee Stamps Vintage Holiday Release. YAY!

My card features the new ★Layering Vintage Ornaments Stencils. Have you ever seen Iridescent Christmas Glass Ornaments? They have all the colors of the rainbow and if you know me I love my rainbows! So I just had to make a Christmas rainbow Card 🌈💝

Here is a pic of what I was imagining... can you see the rainbows?

Make sure you stop by the Honey Bee Stamps Blog for more inspiration from the Design Team featuring more day 4 product reveals! Please note that ★ links will not be active until the Release goes live tonight, October 14th, 2021 @9pm CST.

CARD RECIPE

Here are the ingredients for this Vintage Iridescent Christmas Glass Ornament Card.

Stamps: 

• ★Bitty Buzzwords: Holidays

Dies:

• ★Bitty Buzzwords: Holidays Dies

Stencil:

• ★Layering Vintage Ornaments Stencils

Paper: 

• Neenah Solar White 110lbs
• Vellum

Paste:

• Moonstone Glimmer Paste
• Golden Era Glacier Paste
• Embossing Paste

Die Cut Machine:

• Gemini Junior SSS | SBC

Ink for Blending:

•  Sweet Petunia Atelier Ink
• Bee Sting Yellow Atelier Ink
• Peacock Blue Atelier Ink

Ink for Stamping

• Juicy Ink

Emb. Pdw:

• Gold Rush Emb Pwd (IO3)

Adhesives:

• Bee Creative Glue
• Foam Tape

Embellishments:

• ★Vintage Holiday Gems
• Holiday Traditions Gems

Other Tools:

• Gold Gel Pen
• Background Blender Brushes
• Detail Blender Brushes

I'm not going to lie to you and tell you that this card was quick. I like to complicate things by using three colors to blend out the rainbow for each ornament. You can create a beautiful card using one color to blend with I am sure. 

The other thing I did was use 3 different pastes. Which meant I had to make sure each paste was dry before moving on to the next. But once the paste was all dry the rest was fun. I love to embellish the heck out of my cards, the more bling the better. 

Even though this card was time-consuming the results were worth it. I love how it turned out!

Watch an example of how this card was blended on the IG Reel Linked below.

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SHOP Vintage Holiday Release → HERE

Thank you for stopping by and joining me for this beautiful Vintage Holiday Release, until next time... Happy Crafting!

Ilda 💖

Here is a recap of all the sneak peeks I created in case you missed any of them👇 

Day 1

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Day 3

Happy Pawlidays Christmas Card | Studio Katia

Well hello, friends!

This fun card is for all my animal lovers out there. I was inspired by a recent photo I saw of some friends with their furry pets. So I thought it would be a great idea to recreate it as a Christmas card.

CARD DETAILS

To begin, I stamped out all my images. The cute children and furries come from the LOVE FOR PAWS BUNDLE. To both kids, I added the Santa Claus hat that comes from the WINTER KOBI. The images were then colored using Copic Markers and then die cut with the coordinating dies.

Next, I stamped out the LOTS OF GIFTS TRIMMINGS on the background panel. I then colored the gifts very simply using a variety of red markers. I then added gold details with a gel pen. To the top of the presents, I first stamped out a tree from the HAPPY SNOWMEN set and then blended it a little to give it a glowing appearance. I then used a few INK BLENDER BRUSHES to blend out the top area of the panel used Distress Oxide inks.

Moving along, I trimmed down the panel and then glued the background to the scallop frame that comes from the DOTTED PATTERNS SET 4. I then popped the images back into the center of the scene using FOAM TAPE.

The sentiment comes from the HAPPY PAWLIDAYS Set, that I then die cut using the banner from the PEONY TRIMMINGS DIES. 

Here is how I finished off the inside of the card. The sentiments also come from the HAPPY PAWLIDAYS stamp set.

Sending family photo cards at this time of year is very common, so maybe sending a handmade card personalized to look like you and your furry pets may be another option and a cute surprise for your recipients.

Hope this Happy Pawlidays Christmas Card inspired you today. Thank you for stopping by and until next time... Happy Crafting!

SUPPLIES

LOVE FOR PAWS BUNDLE Shop at: SSS | SK	HAPPY PAWLIDAYS Shop at: SSS | SK	LOTS OF GIFTS TRIMMINGS Shop at: SSS | SK	HAPPY SNOWMEN Shop at: SSS | SK
WINTER KOBI Shop at: SK	WINTER KOBI DIES Shop at: SK	DOTTED PATTERNS SET 4 Shop at: SSS | SK	PEONY TRIMMINGS DIES Shop at: SSS | SK
INK BLENDER BRUSHES Shop at: SSS | SK	STUDIO KATIA GLUE Shop at: SSS | SK	FOAM TAPE - WHITE Shop at: SSS | SK	MINI MISTI Shop at: SSS | AMZ | SB | SK | HBS
NEENAH SOLAR WHITE 110 Shop at: SSS | AMZ | HBS	BLACKOUT INK Shop at: SSS | HBS | IO3	COPIC SKETCH Shop at: SSS | AMZ	GEMINI JR. DIE CUTTER Shop at: SSS | AMZ | SB
Oxide Ink Pad MOWED LAWN Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS	Oxide Ink Pad ICED SPRUCE Shop at: SSS | HBS	Oxide Ink Pad BLACK SOOT Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS	ATELIER SHARK TOOTH Shop at: SSS | IO3
WHITE GELLY ROLLER PEN SET Shop at: SSS | AMZ | SB	Gelly Roll Metallic Gel Ink Pen Set Shop at: AMZ	SMALL TIP WATER BRUSH PEN Shop at: SSS | IO3	LIQUID PIXIE DUST Shop at: SSS | IO3

To make supplies easy for you to find, I have linked them above. If something is no longer available I will link to a similar product. Affiliate links may be used depending on the product linked. Please help support my blog by using these links while shopping at no additional cost to you. For more information about the affiliates I use, please visit my disclaimer here. Thanks so much for all your support!